Gil Cisneros

Gil Cisneros (12 February 1971-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA 39) from 3 January 2019, succeeding Ed Royce.

Biography
Gil Cisneros was born in Los Angeles, California in 1971, and he served as a US Navy supply officer for 11 years before working as a shipping and manufacturing manager for Frito-Lay. Until 2008, he was a Republican, but he became a Democrat due to the Republicans' growing partisanship. A week after he was laid off in 2010, he won a Mega Millions jackpot worth $266 million, and he and his wife became philanthropists. In 2018, he chose to run for the US House of Representatives against Republican incumbent Ed Royce, being motivated to do so after Royce voted to repeal Obamacare. Cisneros won a close race against Republican Young Kim.